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Hello gorgeous people and of course Happy Diwali to you all. Our family trip to Oman was fabulous. We all love love love'd the place and will definetly be back there asap. The Shangri La resort we stayed at had a premium location with it's own private bay just out of Muscat. And with the beautiful backdrop of the desert the crystal clear waters seemed like something out of a movie set.
The wee princes were in absolute heaven... they had freedom to run all over the resort safely. But more importantly there were more than six different swimming pools and a great beach to snorkel in that was teeming with tropical fish. Of course another winner was being able to ride on camels up and down the beach every evening. What kid wouldn't like that?

Shangri La Oman

It was really heavenly being on a resort for a week and away from the hustle and bustle of that mega city we now call home. I don't know if I've ever really appreciated a resort as much! One thing Oman was great for was a feeling of really being on holiday. Really being able to relax. And when I say relax I mean I couldn't keep my eyes open. I slept like a baby any where I could find. Every time I opened my book to read a chapter I was out like a light by the bottom of the page. Ahhh bliss. Now that's a holiday. Of course the frozen daiquiri's probably had a bit to do with it too I would say..!
By day two of our wee sejour Prince M and Lil' G had tanned up to the most divine caramel colour and poor old "HRH" was burn't. As for moi? Well if I wasn't asleep I was probably dipping in the ocean or sipping on a cocktail in the shade. So no burning my white ass thank god. But alas, all perfect things have to come to an end and so did our good times. By day three my LV wallet had gone missing. It was unfortunately full of cash to make things worse. I just felt awful. I hate losing things and it put me all out of sync for the rest of the holiday. I was so mad at myself...and then of course I began to lay blame. I just couldn't F'en believe I could have been so careless. Perhaps I was drugged and robbed on my sun lounger? Perhaps the truth was more like...drunken lady misplaces wallet in trash can and sleeps through the following day whilst bins are being emptied? I'm just not sure. Hmmmm. No comment. I was probably robbed let's just leave it at that!

Gimme a Margharita and my purse back too?

But I was so mad after that. So mad that I needed to sleep it off. Oh well you win some you lose some I guess. And you know you've had a fab holiday when even after losing alot of $$$$$ and your fave LV wallet you still look back on it and say you had a good time. So I just had to say "au revoir" to my purse. No big deal. It could have been worse right?
Our family really needed that holiday...it felt really appreciated by each and every one of us. We all marvelled at the tranquility and peace, the space and freedom, the cleanliness and quiet roads.It was a breathtaking view every day from my sun lounger (even though I most probably slept through half of it!) but that's what a holiday is all about...taking a break. Oman gets the Queenie tick of approval. But you know what?
We loved every second of Oman and all the great things about it that we don't have in Mumbai- but even after all of that we were still very happy to come home. And pretty damn okay with calling Mumbai home.
For now this is our home so we might as well make the most of it and be happy with what we DO have.

Mumbai...our home

Of course a new LV purse has also now been added to my christmas wish list...c'mon I can't live without ALL my worldly items.
A big thank you to all of the loyal readers still hanging in there after the more than week long of silence. You guys are pretty fantastic! Thanks again.

Queenie xxx